Collar-supporter.



PATENTED MAY l5, 1906..

l M. GONNELL.

COLLAR SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1.19052 ATTHNEYS ErrEn -srA'rEs ATENT MARGUERITE ooNNELL, or NEW Yonai7 E. r.

coLLAR-sUPPonTEn.

Specication of Letters Patent.

A rammed may is, ieee.

Application illad lune 1, 1905. Serial No. 283,260.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGUERITE CONNELL,

' a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhatconveniently applied to the collar or removed when the collar is to be Washed, for example.

Another purpose of the invention is to pro- A vide a supporter which will' hold the most line 2 2`of Fig. 1.

llirnsy co ar in an upright position, but which will not cause discomfort to the wearer, injure the collar, or bevisible' when the collar is worn, even though considerable open-work is a feature of the collar.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, 'as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the clair/ns.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. Figure 1 is aninner face view of a .collar and applied supporter. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section taken practically on the Fig. 3 1s a transverse section through the cap and supporter on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 1s a detail perspective view of one ofthe supporting-stays.

A re resents a collar of the standing type` and w 'ch 1s made of a light material not capable of being self-sustaining when worn. .l re resents ca s which are permanently secure to the col ar, and C re resents sus` taining or supporting stays.

preferably made of nen or other stout material and are each com lete in itself, each cap consisting of two si e pieces 10 and`11 rounded at one end. The two said side pieces 10 and 11 are connected at their lon itudinal edges and at their rounded ends y stitching 12 or other suitable means, and the opposite end portion of the cap is left open, as is shown at 13 in the drawin s. Series of the caps' B are secured to the inner face of the T e caps B are and the other-series near the bottom, as near -tothe said points as practicable.

Opposing caps Bare adapted to receive ing stays C above referred to. These stays C are made of ya flexible material and their ends 14 are rounded ofl" so as to fit into the rounded closedend portions of the caps B, and under this construction the ends of the stays are prevented from. cuttin their way out through the closed ends ol the caps. These stays are made of a transparent material, such as celluloid, which material is collar A, one series near the top of the collar -the end portions of the sustaining or supportpreferred, and they are thus made transparent in order that when` the collar is worn the flesh tint will show throughv the stays as well which they may cross. The supporters are as through any open-work in the collar behind placed mainly transversely of the collar, but

ordinarily the central stays or the stays at each side of the center of the collar are given an inclination from the top downward in direction of thelower central portion of the collar, as is illustrated in Fig. 1. The arrangement of the stays, however, de ends largely upon the shape of the collar. hese caps are secured to the collar by stitching,

and consequently when the sta s are removedfrom the caps the collar may e washed, and it is evident the stays may again be placed readily in position when required.

The im roved supporting devicesare exceedingly ight and are eective, holding .the

- collar 1n an upright position, and b reason of their elasticity the collar will yie d when the head is thrown back or to one'side, returning again to position when the head of the person is brought to normal place.` Having thusdescribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byl Letters Patent- 1. A lace or like collar provided on its inner face with opposing pocketsV and flexible transparent stays; the said pockets. i y R 2. A lace or like collar provided on its inner face adjacent to its upper and lower edges with aplurality of opposing pockets of fibrous material, and flexible trans arent stays having ends f; which enter their ends in the said poc ets.

3. A collar of lace or like flimsy,inajzerialI` providedwith a plurality of pockets adiaceut to the top and bottom edges of the collar, and a plurality (f eybie stlys having thheirend two subscribing Witnesses. enterin -sai 0c ets, t e staJ` at eac si e o A the oengter of Ithe collar beingY given an indi,- MARGUERITE CONNELL' 5 nation from the top downward in direction of the lower central portion ofthe eollar.

ln "timony whereof I have signed my name to this Specification the presence of Withesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, JNO. M. RITTER. 

